ArticleBMC public health2013
The health, social and educational needs of children who have survived meningitis and septicaemia: the parents' perspective.
Article in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Experiences and service-uptake factors of receiving and providing care for meningitis and its sequelae: a qualitative systematic review.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Public Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Revising the Adolescent Meningococcal Vaccine Schedule in the United States.PharmacoEconomics · 2026Article
- Market and Non-Market Productivity Losses Associated with Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the USA.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Article
- Public Health Impact of Introducing a Pentavalent Vaccine Against Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the United States.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Article
- Follow-up care experience of patients with invasive meningococcal disease and their family caregivers: a qualitative study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Lived experiences of families of meningitis patients and survivors in the Upper West Region of Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Social Functioning and Autistic Behaviors in Youth Following Acquired Brain Injury.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Challenges in pediatric post-sepsis care in resource limited settings: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2021Review
- Article
- Study protocol: The Dutch 20|30 Postmeningitis study: a cross-sectional follow-up of two historical childhood bacterial meningitis cohorts on long-term outcomes.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- A population-based prospective birth cohort study of childhood neurocognitive and psychological functioning in healthy survivors of early life meningitis.Annals of epidemiology · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSurvivors of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia can experience a range of after-effects. There is little published research on the needs and provision of aftercare for children surviving bacterial meningitis and septicaemia.
methodsMixed methods study employing a survey and follow-up interviews with a sample of survey participants recruited from Meningitis Research Foundation's member database and social media.
resultsOf 194 eligible survey respondents, 77% reported at least moderate short-term after-effects, and 57% a need for aftercare or support. Most parents reported that their child received a hearing test (98%) and follow-up appointment with a paediatrician (66%). Psychosocial after-effects were most common and the greatest need was for educational support. About half of participants felt their children's needs for aftercare were met. We conducted interviews with 18 parents. Findings suggest access could be limited by: parents' inability to navigate systems in place, child's age, and delayed identification of sequelae. Parents felt a comprehensive explanation of possible after-effects on discharge from hospital was required, and found uncertain prognoses difficult. Good communication between professionals enabled a service tailored to the child's needs.
conclusionsOur study supports the NICE and SIGN guidelines and highlights areas for improvement in the aftercare of these children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.